Morrow IC's

Thanks for the info.  I am going to give the MA 2 a try.  The first IC I bought was a AQ Nevergreen. It didn't sound a bit different than the old wire IC it replaced.  One of those stock cables that ships with a CD player or cassette deck.  Years later I bought a Audio Arts IC3 and definitely heard a difference.  

Wolf. 

If you disconnect the Morrow IC's for any reason and reconnect them to the same amp and NOT a different amp, would a re break in still be required?

Had a pair of AQ Nevergreens but they were no better than the basic wire you get with the RCA connectors that are stock with the purchase of a CD player.  Have heard the higher end stuff is better.  Have the Type 4 Speaker cable and like that.  Definitely better than typical speaker wires.  

My Morrow 1.1 IC's just arrived Friday.  Have them burning in using a tuner to amp for the next three weeks.  Will try them after the 400 hour burn in is complete.  Will report back with the results.

AQ claims that their cables don't change the sound of a recording but make it sound like it was originally recorded.  Do No Harm I think is their motto.

I agree that when I put them in there was not much of a change in the character of the music but I was not looking for wholesale changes either.  I have found that by changing IC's and the Power Cables I was able get more improvements to the audio than with the Type 4.

I can't spend hundreds on a pair of cables of any kind these days.  I have to live within my means and don't have that kind of money laying around anymore.  Will have to make due with the more affordable IC's and speaker cables.

I noted some subtle changes with the Audio Art IC3 during the burn in process.  Nothing too extreme.  This time around I am just letting the Morrow break in without listening since I have them hooked up to my second amp and a tuner that currently are not hooked up to speakers.

All I wanted was a little feedback on these cables.  Please don't hijack my thread with the politics of whether or not you think Morrow is a reputable company.  Take it somewhere else.

400 hours of burn in time is about equal to 16.5 days of continuous audio playback.  A small price to pay for a 60 day money back guarantee.  Obviously you have to be firmly committed (and I don't mean to a nut farm) to really trying out these cables before you buy them.  I am.

I have a pair of old Radio Shack gold plated IC's that I will use as trade in's towards the MA2 or 3 if I like the MA 1.1.  Reviews I've read on all Morrow products are good.  Just can't find much of anything on the 1.1 though and that has been a bit perplexing.  Will just have to see how they sound when the break in is done.  Only 13 days to go.  LOL

Since I use a notch above entry level gear, I see no reason to spend hundreds on cables of any kind for my system.  It would be a waste of money unless I can find a way to upgrade my amps and CD players in the future.  

fsonicsmith.  Your brain needs an enema.  A shill for Morrow?  You are delusional.  I buy one pair of their cables to try them out and suddenly I am a shill?  Are you from Indianapolis?  I see the same kind of delusional thinking there as well.  

If you are too dumb to figure out how to break in the cables per Morrow's recommendation and within a reasonable amount of tie then you have no one to blame but yourself for your allegation that they are a disreputable company.

Sam.  I had not even heard of Morrow cables a year ago.  I happened to see an ad in Stereophile running this past year and recently decided to give them a try.  Before I pass judgment, I am going to be sure they are burned in correctly and then use then with a variety of CD's and different genre's of music to see how they sound to my ears.

fsonicsmith.  Actions speak louder than words.  You are deliberately trying to hijack my thread and use it for your own political purposes.  Not only is this pathetic but decidedly unethical and unacceptable net forum behavior.

Please take your personal problems and vendetta with Morrow Cables to the appropriate place.  Taking over my thread is not the place to do it.  I am really getting ticked off.

Now after having close to 400 hours on the Morrow 1.1 IC's I can hear a noticeable difference from how they first sounded a few days after I started the burn in process.  With just three days to go, I have noted that Midrange has opened up and is much cleaner sounding.  Highs are now there and the Bass is strong but not over powering.  I can pick out instruments a bit better than with the Audio Art IC3 cable.  I'd say the 1.1 has a bit more forward presentation than the IC3 though it is not significant.  Thankfully.  Overall a very nice cable.  

I just did a head to head test with the Morrow 1.1 IC vs. the Audio Art IC3 and Blue Jeans Cable LC-1.

Morrow has the best detail of the three though it is only a slight edge over the Audio Art.  Morrow has a slightly warmer midrange than the Audio Art.  Instrument placement in terms of not mashing together where you can't distinguish between other instruments at times is a hair better than the Audio Art. 

The Audio Art has a bit more air around the instruments than the Morrow.  Soundstage on the Audio Art is also a bit better.  

The Blue Jeans cable has stronger bass and lower midrange.  If you consider those to be assets then this is a plus.  In my case, I prefer the other two cables.  Detail on the Blue Jeans cable is not as good as the other two.  Soundstage is about equal to the Audio Art.  It can't pick out as many of the notes or instruments that are "hidden" behind other instruments in the test tracks that I ran.  Still a decent cable but inferior to the other two. But that is to be expected considering the price of this pair of cables when compared to the other two.

lee maze.  sorry for the late reply.  Been very busy with numerous things and tied up with a few more diseased minds like fsonicsmith on a separate thread about cheap tube amps from China.

The Morrow cable is far better than the Nevergreen from AQ.  I could not hear a difference between stock IC's that come with a component or that cable.  I know that AQ makes some very good cables but that entry level one is not one I would recommend.  

Have the 1.1's going strong now and they sound fine.  Good detail in them.

213runnin.  I've learned to own more than one kind of IC's for this very reason.  What sounds good with one component may not work as well with another.   I will be ordering another pair of Morrow IC's later in the year once I determine which pair I can afford.